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2014年成都高二英语期末试卷（含答案）第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）21. As is known to all, _ South Sea is _ water of Chinas dating from ancient time.A. a; a B. a; theC. the; a D. the; the22. Friendship is something _ being cared for, so we young people should treasure it.A. worth B. worthwhile C. worthy of D. worth of23. In time of _ you think is difficult, you may turn to _ can help you. A. what, whoever B. which, whomever C. what, no matter whoD. which, no matter whom24. Oh, you? Already back to China for a year? How long _ you _ in America? For about five years. A. have, stayed B. had, stayed C. would, stay D. did, stay25. Evidence suggested that the suggestion that every river _ harnessed _ wrong.A.should be, might be B. must be, should be C. may be, would be D. can be, could be26. Oh, Mum, there are so many unexpected guests tonight. Id better not perform this time. _, dear. I believe you can make it.A.Come onB. No wayC. Its a pleasureD. You are ashamed 27. With natural resources running out, man is making every effort to search for a certain _ to meet the demand of energy.A.alternative B. available C. access D. approach28. The panda, one of the precious species that _ in Sichuan province, is not the only species that _ in danger.A.inhabits, livesB. inhabit, lives C. inhabits, live D. inhabit, live29. The money charged for the congestion by driving into the downtown is much less than _ paid as a fine. A.itB. one C. that D. those 30. In general, non-verbal communication with their gestures _ 90% of peoples daily conversation.A.asks for B. accounts for C. stands for D. searches for第二节 完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31-50各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 One evening in October, I was aimlessly wandering down the street, heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had a(n) _31_ to speak to someone on the street to _32_ that beauty, but it seemed everyone was in a hurry. I took a second action. Quickly I ducked into a department store and asked the lady _33_ the counter (柜台) if she could come outside for just a minute. She looked at me _34_ I were from some other planet. She _35_, and then seemingly against her better judgment, she moved toward the door. When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! _36_ out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.” For a few _37_ we just looked. Then I said, “God is in his _38_ and all is right with the world.” I thanked _39_ for coming out to see the sunset; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the _40_ of the sunset. Four years later my situation _41_ greatly. I came to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I lived all _42_ for the first time in my life. I lived in a trailer park _43_, at the time, I considered a real come-down, and I had to do my _44_ in the community laundry room. One day, while my clothes were going around, I _45_ a magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in _46_ circumstances. She had come to the end of a _47_, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: clothing sales in a department store. Then something that _48_ to her changed everything. She said a woman came into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The _49_ told her that God is in his paradise and all is right with the world, and she had _50_ the truth in that statement. From that moment on, she turned her life around. 31. A. anxiety B. urge C. emotion D. necessity 32. A. share B. stare C. show D. spare 33. A. in B. after C. on D. behind34. A. even if B. in case C. as if D. because 35. A. hesitated B. waited C. worried D. refused36. A. Everybody B. Somebody C. Anybody D. Nobody37. A. hours B. days C. seconds D. weeks38. A. heaven B. space C. church D. temple39. A. the God B. the people C. the passengers D. the woman40. A. color B. quietness C. beauty D. sunshine41. A. improved B. changed C. varied D. failed42. A. on my own B. on guard C. for a start D. for sure43. A. where B. there C. which D. in which 44. A. washing B. cleaning C. cooking D. sewing45. A. got up B. brought up C. picked up D. looked up46. A. different B. similar C. same D. alike47. A. career B. occupation C. employment D. marriage48. A. occurred B. accessed C. told D. happened49. A. friend B. customer C. stranger D. manager50. A. noticed B. recognized C. discovered D. founded第三部分 阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） AAs long as we follow some of the tips for green living, we may save our planet. All of these involve just a few changes to our daily habits.Just walk and limit the use of your car. One of the poster images of pollution is our vehicles. It burns fuel. It is not as efficient as we hope it could be, and we use it every single day. To lessen the effects of the air pollution caused by our vehicles, we should limit their use. If we can walk to our destination then just let us go. Not only do we lessen our carbon dioxide emissions, but we also get a good exercise out of it.Use a laptop instead of a computer desktop. Laptops are more energy efficient compared to their bigger counterparts. A laptop is generally 50 percent more efficient in using electricity. Aside from that there are other benefits of a laptop. It is portable so you can work anywhere you like and that you get powerful features without the large size of desktop units.Turn off the faucet while you are brushing your teeth. It is always a better idea to use a glass when we are brushing our teeth and not to just let the faucet keep on running. Therefore，there is less water to waste while we are cleaning our pearly whites. Simply turn off the faucet when you are not using it.Make good use of natural light. We have a great and natural lamp - the sun, and we should learn how to take full advantage of it during daytime. So instead of turning on our lights or lamps even if it is still not evening, we should pull up the drapes and let the natural light come in from the windows.These are just some of the best tips for green living, but of course there are still many of these tips if you just search for them. But you can do your own variation any time just always prioritize how you can use less energy and produce even lesser trash and pollution.51. Whats the best title for the passage?A. How to Save Our Planet B. How to Change Our Daily HabitsC. Tips for Green Living Today D. Green Living and Serious Pollution52. Compared with a computer desktop, a laptop is _.A. less energy efficient B. faster at work C. easy to repair D. easy to carry53. The underlined word “prioritize” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_”.A. decrease quickly B. consider first C. imagine wholly D. guess slowly54. Which of the following is NOT true?A. A few changes to daily habits can help a lot.B. While washing teeth we should turn off the faucet.C. Vehicles bring pollution and we should try to avoid.D. In the daytime we should not pull up the drapes.BPeople talk much these days about how kids should be interested in science. Heres an area of science for everyone, and these cool new books might inspire you to discover your inner scientist.Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled by Catherine Thimmesh, 58 pages, ages 9-12Seeing a picture or a model of a dinosaur, do you wonder how anybody knows what they look like? After all, nobody has seen a living dinosaur. This book explains how scientists and artists work together to re-create dinosaurs. As scientific discoveries have been made, the models have changed. Scientific tests may one day expose what a dinosaurs coloring was, but now artists have to use their imagination to determine how these huge creatures looked.Beyond the Solar System by Mary Kay Carson, 128 pages, ages 10-13This book takes readers back to the beginnings of space explorationthousands of years ago, when people began star observationand forward to todays search for planets in distant parts of the Milky Way. Along with history lessons, readers get 21 activities, such as making a black hole and creating a model of Albert Einsteins universe using a T-shirt. The activities are perfect for cold winter days.Ultimate Bugopedia by Darlyne Murawski and Nancy Honovich, 272 pages, ages 7 and older If youre always on the lookout for butterflies, this book is for you. Hundreds of color photos of common and unusual insects fill this hardcover. There are fascinating stories related to the photos. For example, do you know an insect feeds on the tears of Asian cattle? Theres a question-and-answer section with an insect scientist and advice on how to help preserve endangered insects.Journey Into the Invisible by Christine Schlitt, 80 pages, ages 9-12If you use a magnifying（放大的）glass, you know a leaf looks quite different. This book explains what microscopes do and then shows what happens to things around the house when watched with this amazing scientific tool. The bacteria in your mouth, when magnified 20,000 times, look a bit like swimming pool noodles. Fascinating photos are paired with suggestions about how to learn about the world around you, just by looking a little closer. 55. Kids interested in pre-historical animals might read _.A. Ultimate Bugopedia B. Beyond the Solar SystemC. Journey Into the Invisible D. Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled56. Beyond the Solar System is mainly about _. A. space exploration B. the Milky WayC. history lessons D. Albert Einsteins universe57. According to the passage, we can learn that _.A. butterflies are fond of the tears of Asian cattle B. scientists have discovered the dinosaurs coloringC. microscopes can present you with an amazing world D. man has explored the black hole for thousands of years58. The main purpose of the passage is to _.A. compare features of different books B. inspire people to become scientistsC. teach children some knowledge of scienceD. recommend new science books to childrenCWherever I look outside my home, I see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern. I see people trapped in a pathological（病态的）relationship with time-sucking technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money. What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for proclaiming the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.” But its time to discover that it does not work for technology.Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies.” To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without todays overused technology.59. The underlined word “allure” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_”.A. advantage B. attractionC. adaption D. attempt60. According to the passage, technology companies aim to _.A. attract people to buy their products B. provide the latest informationC. improve peoples quality of life D. deal with cultural diseases61. It can be inferred from this passage that people _.A. consider too much technology wonderfulB. have realized the harm of high-tech devicesC. can regain freedom without high-tech devices D. may enjoy life better without overused technology 62. Whats the authors attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices?A. Neutral. B. Critical. C. Doubtful. D. Positive.DHave you ever watched the Sochi Winter Olympics this year? Did you see American figure skater, Jeremy Abbott, crash to the ice during the short program at the Sochi Olympics, rolling into the wall, clutching his side in pain? Ten seconds later, he got up and continued his skate despite the pain, embarrassment and fear. All I could think was: this kids got courage. In business we have a word for it resilience, the ability to gain strengths and confidence from overcoming unpleasant events. However, opposite examples appeared in Sochi Olympics as well. For them, failure is someone elses fault, because they do not accept personal responsibility. Therefore, they have to pay a high price for this attitude. After years of studying failure, I have learned one thing: modesty and open-mindedness in the face of mistakes is the single best thing you can do to improve results. Everyone fails, but not everyone recovers from failure. The key is to learn from it rather than get beaten by it.The good news is that each of us has the potential to live a resilient life on and off the job. It may be difficult, but that just makes it all the more powerful and important. If you believe the above paragraph to be true, then youre probably more resilient than you think you are. It takes confidence to be resilient but that too much confidence is a killer is so true of leadership. For example, Ron Johnson, the ill-fated CEO of JC Penney, was so stubborn that he completely missed all sorts of signals from employees and customers and instead listened to all those who agreed with him, which failed his strategy. Bouncing back from failure requires that you recognize something has gone wrong, and you were the one who made it happen.The challenge of resilience is not just about our work. When parents help their kids deal with every challenging situation, they are doing an unhelpful action to their children. Parents want to protect their kids from failure, but doing so takes away the opportunity from them to practice not just a life skill but an essential work skill. When self-esteem becomes more important than results, we are by accident training young people to become less adaptable, not more.Resilience is not just about getting up off the floor, but also being ready for whatever comes next, even when you dont know what it is. Failures and setbacks are no longer unusual events, but regular features of a dynamic, competitive and highly demanding work environment. Getting up to finish your skate is no longer optional. 63. The example of Jeremy Abbott shows that one should _.A. recover from failure B. stick to his own viewpoint C. take others opinions to heart D. challenge difficulties bravely64. According to the author, what can best build up resilience?A. Being positive and powerful.B. Being competitive and helpful.C. Being modest and open-minded.D. Being confident and responsible.65. Which of the following examples shows us resilience?A. A teacher offers students timely help and care. B. A determined athlete practices skating hard every day.C. A confident leader persuades his staff to follow his plan. D. A student has got a low grade but continues to work hard. 66. Which might be the best title for the passage?A. An Example of Resilience: Ron Johnson B. Resilience: A Lesson from SochiC. Optional Challenges of Resilience D. Resilience in Family Education EWith people drinking once a day, can heart attacks be kept away? Over the past decades, numerous studies have found that moderate alcohol consumption, say, one or two beers, glasses of wine or cocktails daily helps to prevent coronary(冠状动脉) heart disease. Last week a report in the New England Journal of Medicine added strong new evidence in supp